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Native Korean verbs with 3+ syllables

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-쩌다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
749어쩌다01 ‘어찌하다(2. 어떠한 방법으로 하다)’의 준말. ‘무슨’, ‘웬1’의 뜻을 나타낸다.

-뀌다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
759바뀌다 change, be changed, be replaced
13245뒤바뀌다
22754뀌다03 release; 방귀를 뀌다 fart

-끌다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
568끌다 pull; attract; lead
1265이끌다 lead (a team), guide (students)
10757잡아끌다

-불다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1263불다01 blow
1293더불다 join in, do together, partake of; take (a person) with, be accompanied by
15287까불다01흔들리다

-디다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1341견디다 endure, bear, tolerate, suffer, stand, withstand, put up with
7223디디다 step on (foreign ground, political career), take a step, tread on
14172내디디다
17887헛디디다

-미다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1635꾸미다 decorate, ornament; invent, fabricate (lie, story); plot, scheme, conspire; write up (a report); modify (a sentence)
6833스미다 (water, chemicals) permeate, seep, penetrate; (deep affection) permeate (a letter), be imbued, be imprinted
10152여미다 adjust (one's dress)
10762저미다

-피다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1770피다01꽃이 ~come out, blossom
1856살피다01 take a good look at, watch; judge, gather, infer, derive; be careful, look around
5218보살피다 look after, take care of (a patient, household affairs, children)
10259지피다02 burn (firewood), kindle, make a fire/(get inspiration from divine power)
13936피다04피우다'의 잘못‘피다1(1. 꽃봉오리 따위가 벌어지다)’의 사동사.
15296꽃피다

-티다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2525버티다 endure, bear (hardship, heat, loneliness); support, withstand (pressure, weight)

-투다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2546다투다 quarrel, argue; compete, contend for

-그다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2920담그다 soak, immerse (tea bag, shirt, one's feet in water); make, pickle, brew (kimchi, fermented drinks, soy sauce)
6877잠그다01서랍을 ~ lock (a drawer), fasten (doors); turn off (faucet); button up (blouse)/(immerse)
21603잠그다02물에 ~

-귀다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3238사귀다 date, go out; make friends with; get along, get close
9790지저귀다 sing, twitter, chirp

-듬다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3399다듬다 trim (one's nails, one's hair); trim, prune (tree), clean (a cabbage); polish (one's writing)
4502더듬다 grope, fumble (for the light switch); search (one's memory), retrace; stutter, stammer
5244쓰다듬다 stroke (one's beard), pat (a child on the head), caress, pet (a cat); soothe (a crying child)
8638가다듬다 calm (oneself), pull oneself together; straighten (one's dress); clear (one's throat); put in order
16933보듬다

-매다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3453헤매다 wander (in the woods), roam; be at loss, be perplexed, have a hard time
3982매다01끈을 ~tie, bind, knot (a dog, shoelaces, one's belt)
10265쩔쩔매다 be flustered, be at a loss; be intimidated
13170꿰매다
15478매다02김을 ~weed (a rice paddy), pick weeds out
17208싸매다
19038얽어매다
20423동여매다
21757졸라매다

-앗다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3642빼앗다 snatch (a handbag), take away (sb's life), plunder, deprive; fascinate, captivate (a person)
13560앗다01 snatch, rob, take away (lives)

-래다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3916달래다01 soothe (a crying baby), calm down (an angry man), comfort, coax, nurse
9569바래다01 (T-shirt) fade, lose color, bleach, wash out
20292놀래다

-풀다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
558풀다 untie; solve
4428베풀다 give, throw (a party); give, bestow, show (kindness, mercy, a favor)
5222부풀다 (bread) rise; (ankle) swell; be buoyant with (expectations)

-구다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
4686떨구다 lower, drop (one's eyes, one's gaze, one's head in despair)
4852헹구다 rinse (the laundry, one's hair); gargle (with salt water)
6386달구다01 heat up (iron, frying pan); (singer) heat up (a stage)
6868일구다01 cultivate (wasteland), reclaim (patch of ground)

-비다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
900비다01 empty, vacate
4063비비다 rub (one's hands, one's eyes); mix (leftovers and make bibimbap)
6815붐비다 be crowded (with tourists), be congested, be packed
7205누비다 crisscross (the entire country), go around; quilt (hacer edredones); thread one's way; be active in (the political world)
7431후비다 pick (one's nose); pierce (one's heart)
9099덤비다 attack (the enemy), assault, leap on sb; hurry, make undue haste, act helter-skelter
46184비다03비우다'의 잘못

-뉘다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
4874나뉘다 be divided
7734뉘다01침대에 ~누이다. ‘눕다1(1. 몸을 바닥 따위에 대고 수평 상태가 되게 하다)’의 사동사. [비슷한 말] 눕히다.

-수다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
5499부수다 break (ice), smash (a lock), destroy (a building)
9317잡수다 eat, have

-울다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
596울다01울음을 ~cry; sound (bark, whistle, grunt…)
5732기울다 incline, tilt; be inclined (to accept an offer); (prestige) wane, decline; (sun) set, sink
51031울다02장판이 ~(wallpaper, garment) wrinkle, crumple

-굴다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
6024굴다01 behave, conduct oneself (harshly, foolishly, like a gentleman, kindly)
7748뒹굴다 roll (in mud, snow); loaf around, idle one's time away
14162나뒹굴다

-차다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
994차다01가득 ~fill up
2223차다02공을 ~kick (MULTI)
3890차다03시계를 ~put on (a watch, a sword, a decoration, handcuffs)
8376박차다 kick (the door); reject, turn down (a demand)
10486들어차다
11567걷어차다

-개다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
8296개다01날이 ~clear up, become clear (weather); stop (rain)
8948쪼개다 split (a log with an ax, an apple), divide, part; cleave, smash
13918포개다
17986개다03이불을 ~fold up (the laundry, the beddings, a tent)
19506짓뭉개다
19941개다02물에 ~mix (flour) with water; knead (dough); temper (paste) with water
20598뭉개다01한자리에서 미적거리다

-새다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3358새다01비가 ~leak, come through (rain, sun rays); be disclosed (secret)
9149밤새다 밤이 지나 날이 밝아 오다
11862새다02날이 ~날이 밝아 오다, dawn, break
47139새다03새우다'의 잘못

-놀다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
418놀다01 play
9541뛰놀다 (lambs, children) romp around, frolic, jump around
9999뛰어놀다 romp around, frolic

-채다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
5683채다04눈치를 ~sense, suspect
9507낚아채다 snatch (a purse out of sb's hand), tear away
9887가로채다 snatch, steal (a handbag), intercept (a ball); seize, usurp (the throne); interrupt (speech)
10667알아채다
14912채다03갑자기 잡아당기다snatch away (a handbag); pull with a jerk (one's fishing rod)
15597보채다